Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), confirmed by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

New Mexico Ancestors, pre-1912. Brief sketches of early New Mexico families submitted by readers for purposes of gathering and sharing information. Submit your own New Mexico ancestors to this free program.

"Virginia M. Silva Kleeber has submitted a wealth of information on her Silva ancestors. To her knowledge
there were two branches of the SILVA family. One branch lived in the Taos area, and the other branch lived
in the Rio Abajo area. She is related to the Silva family that lived at Taos, New Mexico. Virginia’s great-
great-great grandfather was Santiago SILVA from Taos, New Mexico. He was born between 1744 and 1762
and was buried 19 March 1836 at Taos. Santiago SILVA married Juana Encarnacion VELASQUEZ about
1786. Santiago SILVA and his family are listed in the 1790 Taos census. Both Santiago and Juana
Encarnacion were listed as “mestizo.” Virginia believes Santiago and his family were living at Taos Pueblo,
although she does not know why they were living there and/or if they were of mixed Spanish and Indian
heritage. According to Fray Angélico Chávez, the Silva family came to New Mexico with the colonists of
1693. They first settled in the Santa Cruz area, but by the turn of the century had moved to Bernalillo and then
to Albuquerque.

More about this family, including a descendancy chart, was presented in this issue.

A Romero Family History: Francisco Xavier Romero and Maria de la Cruz Ynojos, by Carmalee Gallegos Owen. (A date correction followed in the December issue: Correct death date of Jose Rumaldo Romero is ca. 1924 and buried 28 October 1926.)

New Mexico's Participation in the Mexican Punitive Expedition: Prelude to World War I, by Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM. (This article is online. You can read it here.)

Savannah Cemetery, Grant County, New Mexico Burials from Records, by Janet Wasson.

St. Rita Catholic Church Burial Records 1897-1944, Carrizozo, Lincoln County, New Mexico, by AnnetteWasno.

Visitors to New Mexico as Reported in the Albuquerque, New Mexico Daily Citizen Newspaper for 1892, by Howard Henry.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), confirmed by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

New Mexico Ancestors, by Marjorie Shea and Ernie Jaskolski. Brief sketches of early New Mexico families submitted by readers for purposes of gathering and sharing information. Submit your own New Mexico ancestors to this free program.

Atrisco to Bernalillo: A Family Odyssey-- The Sanchez de Inigo and Duran y Chavez Marriages, Part II, by Rita Sanchez.

Book Review - On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier II: New and Revised Biographies of African Americans in the U.S. Army 1866-1917, Review by MaeAllen Form and Ernie Jaskolski.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), confirmed by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Herlinda Sanchez Madrid Solis, descendant of Bartolome de Montoya and Maria de Zamora, of New Mexico's Oñate Period.

New Mexico Ancestors, by Marjorie Shea and Ernie Jaskolski. Brief sketches of early New Mexico families submitted by readers for purposes of gathering and sharing information. Submit your own New Mexico ancestors to this free program.

Out of Africa - An Africa to New Mexico Connection: Another Look at the Boers (Part IV),by Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), confirmed by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent inproof of each generation. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

New Mexico Ancestors, by Marjorie Shea and Ernie Jaskolski. Brief sketches of early New Mexico families submitted by readers for purposes of sharing. Submit your own New Mexico ancestors to this free program.

Reminder: A special issue of the Genealogist is planned for December 2005. See Call for Papers. Honoring our Native American Heritage.
Queries, news of genealogical events, correspondence to our Mail Box,and more.

The Search for Juana López: de Aragón(or)del Castillo, and the Sánchez de Iñigo Father (Part I), by Rita Sanchez.

"Out of Africa" -- An Africa to New Mexico Connection: Another Look at the Boers (Part III), by Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), confirmed by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Announcement: A special issue of the Genealogist is planned for December 2005. See Call for Papers: Honoring our Native American Heritage.
Queries, announcement of the new Taos Baptisms Book from NMGS Press, news of genealogical events, the Index to the 2004 Genealogist, correspondence to our Mail Box,and more.

The New Mexico Ancestors of José Salvador Garcia: A Study of Nine Generations (Part V), by Estella Garcia Castillo.

The Duran Family of El Colorado, New Mexico, by Antoinette Duran Silva.

"Out of Africa": An Africa to New Mexico Connection:
Another Look at the Boers (Part II), by Karen Stein Daniel, CG SM.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

The NMGS web site: our World-wide ambassador. The 3rd (of 3) articles about the web site's many rooms.
#3: How you can use the web site for information about each book published by NMGS Press.

News and Events:
Evelyn Lujan Baca chosen as NMGS Volunteer of the Year for 2004. More . . .Memorial Fund established for Morton Lee Ervin, whose work made our computers at the Special Collections library an unparalleled research source. More . . .

Plus: The Mail Box, Queries, a complete updated list of the publications from NMGS Press, and more.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

The NMGS web site: our World-wide ambassador. Second of three articles - Touring the web site's many rooms.
#2: How you can use the web site for information about each book published by NMGS Press.

Plus: The Mail Box, Queries, a complete list of the publications from NMGS Press, Genealogical News and Events, and more.

2004 Membership/Research List:A list of our members and the names and localities where they're searching.

The San Miguel de Laredo--Carnué Land Grant of 1763,
Part 2(L): The Genealogies, Garcia and Griego,by Jacqueline Luna.

Death Records from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 1912-1941,
St. Johns, Arizona (Part IV: 1925-1941), by Clarissa Cosgrove.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

John R. Lucero (Padilla), descendant of Gerónimo Márquez, of New Mexico's Oñate Period.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico), by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of NM), by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

[Ed. Note: A great deal of information of Doña Ana County cemeteries was also gathered by the Southwest Genealogical Society and placed only at the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This information has never been formally published or forwarded to other repositories or research facilities. Included in those abstracts was work done by Marge Day regarding the Cox Ranch Cemetery.]

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of NM), by Ernie Jaskolski, NM Records Chair. To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent.
Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

[Addendum to New Mexico Ancestors information submitted in the September 2002 issue of the New Mexico Genealogist, page 151, for Angelo R. Cervantes: the Juan Pedro Velasco birth is ca. 1785. Parents of Juan Joseph de Velasco are Juan Manuel de Velasco,born ca. 1700 in Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico and Simona de Rodriguez; married 1720s in Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico.
Angelo may be contacted at arc_angel1776@hotmail. com.]

Question of the Quarter: Tracing migrant workers from New Mexico and the Southwest. By Karen Daniel, Genealogist Editor.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Plus: the year-end index for the 2002 New Mexico Genealogist,
Announcements: the new CD with all the first 40 years of the New Mexico Genealogist. Queries, news of genealogical events, correspondence to our Mail Box, additions to our Membership list, and more.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Anthony "Tony" Preston Burroughs, direct descendant of Preston S. Brooks and Anna Griffin (Ford) of New Mexico's Territorial Period. *Tony Burroughs is a professional genealogist who has recently been chosen as a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association. This prestigious award recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of genealogy on a national or international scope. Burroughs teaches genealogy at Chicago State University and is the author of Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree. His web site is at http://www.tonyburroughs.com.

New Mexico Ancestors. Brief sketches of early New Mexico families submitted by readers for purposes of sharing. In this issue:

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Cecelia A. Manzanares Weber, direct descendant of Pedro de Almazan and Ynez de Anaya, of New Mexico's Oñate Period.

Trujillo Church and Cemetery, San Miguel County, New Mexico, submitted by Henrietta Martinez Christmas.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers:

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers.
In this issue:

Formal announcement of Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico, a new online genealogy resource. A joint project by a trio of volunteers from the New Mexico Genealogical Society, New Mexico GenWeb, and the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers.
In this issue:

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers.
In this issue:

Plus: New books from NMGS Press of record transcriptions from the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. See NMGS Press Publications.
Plus: Welcome from new President LeRoy L. Garcia and the new 2001 Board.Plus: Queries, news of genealogical events, correspondence to our Mail Box, and more.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers.
In this issue:

John Thomas Brasher, direct descendant of Pedro Lucero de Godoi (El Mozo) and Petronia de Zamora, of New Mexico's Territorial Period, Mexican Period, and Oñate Period.

New Mexico Ancestors. Information on early New Mexico families has been submitted by readers for purposes of sharing. In this issue:
1) From Kathleen Gagon of American Fork, UT: Knauer, Johannes, Allen, Varry, and Benjamin.
2) From Janette Carlson of Buda, TX: White, Jones, Bright, and Willett.
3) From Thelma Castillo of Newark, CA: Gribble, Tharp, and Hill.
4) From Patti Lou (Amaya) Schlatter of West Lafayette, IN: Ballejos, Aragon, Amaya, Torres, Jones, Whitlock, Douglas, Morgan, Vandecoewing, and Mullen.
5) From Abe M. Peña of Grants, NM: Additional information to Peña, Marino and Ortega lines published in September NMG.

Plus: Queries, news of genealogical events, an update of our new members' research names and localities, and more.

Cemeteries: Arrollo de Las Conchas, San Miguel County, New Mexico.Submitted by Henrietta Martinez Christmas and Alfonso Sánchez, Jr.

Primeras Familias de Nuevo Mexico (First Families of New Mexico). To qualify for this certificate, the applicant has sent in proof of each generation of descent. Congratulations to these diligent researchers.
In this issue:

Thomas David Baca, direct descendant of Cristobal Baca and Ana Ortiz, of New Mexico's Oñate Period.

Lee Salas, direct descendant of Sebastián de Salas and María de Garcia of New Mexico's Reconquest Period.

New Mexico Ancestors. Information on early New Mexico families has been submitted by readers for purposes of sharing. In this issue:
1) From Fredi Bracamontes of Livingston, CA: Fears, Davis, and Williams.2) From Shirley CaudleRobertson of Eden, NC: Caudle and Morris.
3) From Abe M. Peña of Grants, NM: Peña, Marino, and Ortega.

Plus: Queries, news of genealogical events, an update of our new members' research names and localities, and more.